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Tue, Mar 26, 2019·Rogers Place, Edmonton

Los Angeles Kings 4, Edmonton Oilers 8

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 61% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
LAK112314012438
EDM511211110832

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 2:10LAKAlex IafalloAssists: Anze Kopitar, Dustin Brown · Snap, 0.06 xG1–0
  2. P1 3:32EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Alex Chiasson · Tip-in, 0.11 xG1–1
  3. P1 4:36EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Oscar Klefbom, Mikko Koskinen · Snap, 0.08 xG1–2
  4. P1 10:39EDMZack KassianAssists: Adam Larsson, Oscar Klefbom · Wrist, 0.07 xG1–3
  5. P1 14:18EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsAssists: Darnell Nurse, Alex Chiasson · Wrist, 0.06 xG1–4
  6. P1 19:48EDMRyan Nugent-HopkinsPPGWGAssists: Oscar Klefbom, Connor McDavid · Wrist, 0.04 xG1–5
  7. P2 7:56LAKDrew DoughtyPPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Dustin Brown · Slap, 0.07 xG2–5
  8. P2 11:41EDMConnor McDavidAssists: Leon Draisaitl, Adam Larsson · Wrist, 0.22 xG2–6
  9. P2 14:38EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Connor McDavid, Darnell Nurse · Wrist, 0.17 xG2–7
  10. P2 16:52LAKDustin BrownPPAssists: Anze Kopitar, Tyler Toffoli · Wrist, 0.02 xG3–7
  11. P2 19:16LAKCarl GrundstromAssists: Michael Amadio, Sean Walker · Wrist, 0.07 xG4–7
  12. P3 18:29EDMLeon DraisaitlAssists: Connor McDavid, Joseph Gambardella · Snap, 0.09 xG4–8
Penalties (11)
  1. P1 8:31EDMKyle Brodziak: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  2. P1 19:19LAKDustin Brown: Tripping2 min · PPG
  3. P2 6:07EDMAdam Larsson: Tripping2 min · PPG
  4. P2 6:34EDMZack Kassian: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  5. P2 15:38EDMAndrej Sekera: Hooking2 min · PPG
  6. P2 17:32EDMMatt Benning: Cross checking2 min
  7. P2 17:32LAKJeff Carter: Slashing2 min
  8. P3 10:07LAKTrevor Lewis: Fighting5 min
  9. P3 10:07EDMKris Russell: Fighting5 min
  10. P3 15:43EDMZack Kassian: Fighting5 min
  11. P3 15:43LAKKyle Clifford: Fighting5 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

LAK00 SOG · 0.0 xG

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P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
46% to win54% to win
← LAK attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Kopitar won the faceoff against McDavid
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

LAKEDM
38Shots on goal32
3.5Expected goals2.9
80Shot attempts53
37Faceoffs won29
4Power plays1
14Penalty minutes20
36Hits21
10Blocked shots26
6Giveaways8
5Takeaways8

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Los Angeles Kings

Forward lines

  1. bestToffoli – Kempe – Grundstrom13:22

    xG 0.71–0.23 (76%)attempts 16–8goals 0–0

  2. Carter – Lewis – Clifford10:35

    xG 0.49–0.49 (50%)attempts 10–11goals 0–1

  3. Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo11:13

    xG 0.48–0.66 (42%)attempts 17–13goals 1–2

  4. Brodzinski – Amadio – Wagner7:46

    xG 0.14–0.42 (25%)attempts 8–9goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. Doughty – Forbort15:25

    xG 0.65–0.75 (46%)attempts 20–14goals 1–2

  2. Martinez – Roy12:40

    xG 0.39–0.62 (39%)attempts 12–11goals 0–2

  3. Phaneuf – Walker15:53

    xG 0.56–0.92 (38%)attempts 19–15goals 0–1

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. bestChiasson – Nugent-Hopkins – Gambardella8:27

    xG 0.49–0.13 (79%)attempts 10–7goals 2–0

  2. Gagner – Rieder – Cave7:02

    xG 0.52–0.42 (55%)attempts 8–8goals 0–0

  3. Brodziak – Lucic – Currie9:44

    xG 0.37–0.29 (56%)attempts 9–16goals 0–0

  4. Kassian – Draisaitl – McDavid13:25

    xG 0.91–0.94 (49%)attempts 15–16goals 3–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSekera – Larsson3:01

    xG 0.35–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–0goals 0–0

  2. Larsson – Klefbom13:04

    xG 0.79–0.55 (59%)attempts 15–17goals 2–1

  3. Russell – Nurse14:23

    xG 0.84–0.73 (54%)attempts 10–20goals 3–0

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

EDM 2.9 xGLAK 3.5 xG
01234P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMLAK

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

EDM's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line EDM is favoured, below it LAK. Dots are goals.

Excitement 76/100 · #320 of 1271 this seasonSwing 0.94 · 8 goals in reach · 2-goal lead cutComeback index 37% (winner's lowest chance)
LAK 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +17 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 61% of the time.

EDM winsLAK wins

Simulated goal difference (EDM − LAK), 10,000 replays

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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).